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Allan Bloom, professor of social thought at the University of Chicago, deplores the study of non-traditional subjects in the university--such as popular culture. Yet he is also fiercely critical of the effects of popular entertainment on modern American youth. In The Closing of The American Mind, Bloom rants against the corrosive influence of mass media, saying, "Life is made into a non-stop, commercially pre-packaged, masturbational fantasy." An interesting point--but one that would have been better informed by a knowledge of scholarly theory on popular culture...
When Wooster tells the story about how he and his former fiancee, Florence Cray, try to steal his uncle Willoughby's manuscript and are foiled by his uncle and Edwin, the boy scout, the audience engages in non-stop laughter. Wooster's description of his uncle trying to make him confess is particularly hilarious. Wooster says: "It was most disgusting spectacle--this white-haired man who should have been thinking of the hereafter stood there lying like an actor...
Unrelenting pressure in the crease and non-stop corner shots from intimidating fowards...
Eastern also said yesterday it had resumed service between Miami and 13 Latin American cities. Non-stop service between Boston and Washington is slated to resume Thursday. But it remains unclear how long the airline can continue to operate while its losses mount...
...after two minutes of non-stop hustling on defense, an improved offense and a Dave LaPointe three-pointer in the final seconds of the game, Harvard comes up short and loses to the Bruins...